Your rights in the workplace
By: by Barbara Kate Repa
Contributors: Nolo Press
Edition: 9th ed.
Publisher: Nolo; NOLO
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 543
ISBN-13: 9781413312102
Subjects: Popular works; Employee rights; Labor laws and legislation
Description: Features information on firing, wages, health insurance, medical leave, retirement plans, disability and worker's compensation insurance, discrimination, and privacy rights with up-to-date state and federal law information.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Your rights in the workplace --; title: Analyzing your options --; title: Talking it over with your employer --; title: Documenting the problem --; title: Considering legal action -- Wages and hours --; title: The Fair Labor Standards Act --; title: Rights under the FLSA --; title: Calculating your pay --; title: Calculating work hours --; title: State and local laws --; title: Payroll withholding and deductions --; title: Enforcing your right to be paid fairly --; title: Filing a complaint or lawsuit --; title: Violations of state and local laws -- Health insurance --; title: No legal right to coverage --; title: Coverage for current employees --; title: Coverage for former employees --; title: Individual health insurance --; title: State laws on insurance continuation --; title: Utilization review --; title: Family and medical leave --; title: The Family and Medical Leave Act --; title: State laws on family leave --; title: The Pregnancy Discrimination Act --; title: Work/life balance --; title: Privacy rights --; title: Your personnel records --; title: Workplace testing --; title: Surveillance and monitoring --; title: Searches and seizures --; title: Clothing and grooming codes --; title: Conduct codes --; title: Health and safety --; title: The Occupational Safety and Health Act --; title: Enforcing OSHA rights --; title: Criminal actions for OSHA violations --; title: State and local health and safety laws --; title: Tobacco smoke in the workplace --; title: Pesticide laws --; title: Hazardous substances laws --; title: Violence in the workplace --; title: Illegal discrimination --; title: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act --; title: State and local antidiscrimination laws --; title: The Equal Pay Act --; title: The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act --; title: The Age Discrimination in Employment Act --; title: The Older Workers Benefit Protection Act --; title: The Americans with Disabilities Act --; title: Discrimination against workers with HIV or AIDS --; title: Discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender workers --; title: Sexual harassment --; title: The effects of sexual harassment --; title: Federal law --; title: State laws --; title: Taking steps to end sexual harassment --; title: Where to get more information --; title: Losing or leaving a job --; title: The doctrine of Employment at Will --; title: When a firing may be illegal --; title: Employees' rights --; title: Finding out the reason --; title: Getting documentation --; title: Waiving your right to sue --; title: Taking action against your dismissal --; title: Plant closings --; title: After a job loss --; title: Your final paycheck --; title: Severance pay --; title: Getting references --; title: Collecting fringe benefits --; title: Outplacement programs --; title: Replacing your income --; title: Agreements not to compete --; title: Blacklisting --; title: Unemployment  --; title: Who is covered --; title: Being disqualified for benefits --; title: Calculating your benefits --; title: Filing a claim --; title: Appealing benefit decisions --; title: Workers' compensation --; title: Who is covered --; title: Conditions covered --; title: The right to medical care --; title: Filing a workers' compensation claim --; title: Calculating benefits --; title: State workers' compensation offices --; title: Related lawsuits for work injuries --; title: Social Security disability insurance --; title: Who is covered --; title: Disabilities covered --; title: Filing a Social Security claim --; title: Appealing a denied claim --; title: Collecting other benefits --; title: Retirement plans --; title: Social Security retirement benefits --; title: Private pensions --; title: 401(k) deferred compensation plans --; title: Labor unions --; title: Federal laws --; title: State laws --; title: The bargaining unit --; title: Types of union work situations --; title: Union elections --; title: The right to unionize --; title: The right to deunionize --; title: Where to get more help --; title: Immigration issues --; title: Federal law --; title: Documentation required to work in the United States --; title: Illegal discrimination --; title: English-only rules --; title: Lawyers and legal research --; title: Mediation and arbitration --; title: Small Claims Court --; title: Class action lawsuits --; title: Hiring a lawyer --; title: Legal research.